CVE-2026-81161: CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications
Description
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Content Moderation Notifications versions: from 0.0.0 to 3.9.0.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.3low
Affected software
Drupal
Content Moderation Notifications
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-81161) in Drupal's Content Moderation Notifications module is classified under CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions). It allows for privilege escalation due to unsafe privilege definitions. The affected versions include 0.0.0 through 3.9.0. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, high attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impacts with no availability impact. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available, and no exploits are known in the wild.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker with high privileges to escalate their privileges further by exploiting unsafe privilege definitions in the Content Moderation Notifications module. The impact is limited to low confidentiality and integrity loss, with no availability impact. Given the low CVSS score and lack of known exploits, the immediate risk is low.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, review and restrict privileges related to the Content Moderation Notifications module to minimize exposure. Monitor official Drupal channels for updates regarding patches or mitigations.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- drupal
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-26T16:19:43.744Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a9818a1acd9273b493dd2b1
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 12:37:53 UTC
Last enriched: 09/07/2026, 13:26:52 UTC
Last updated: 10/18/2026, 06:48:20 UTC
Views: 70
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